A NASA satellite that observed solar flares and helped scientists understand the sun's powerful bursts of energy fell to Earth this week, almost 21 years after it was launched.The retired Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft, which…
A hybrid solar eclipse — the first of its kind in nearly 10 years — is on the way.During this rare celestial event, the moon will pass between Earth and the sun in such a way that people in its…
Eleven Indonesian fishermen were rescued by Australian maritime authorities from a tiny island after being stranded for six days without food or water, but there are fears nine others may have drowned.Two fishing boats were destroyed last week by Tropical…
The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a successful settlement is a mystery that historians never have been able to fully explain.Theories include drought, changing temperatures, social unrest,…
A brilliant starburst feature shines in the latest image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.The space observatory captured a bright burst of star formation triggered by two spiral galaxies crashing into one another.The colliding galaxies, known collectively as Arp…
Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a 620,000 square mile swirl of trash in the…
SpaceX is now targeting Thursday for the next attempt to get Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, off the ground.Starship was left grounded on its launchpad in South Texas on Monday morning because of a technical issue, delaying the…
Just a few months after NASA introduced the world to the most powerful rocket ever flown to orbit, Elon Musk's SpaceX is prepared to set off its own creation — which could pack nearly twice the power of anything flown…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that the United States should stop "encouraging" the war in Ukraine."The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace; the European Union needs to start talking…
The universe is filled with so many wonders that it's easy to lose sight of the celestial treasures in our own cosmic backyard.The James Webb Space Telescope recently shared a stunning new image of Cassiopeia A, the colorful glowing remains…
SpaceX has cleared the final regulatory hurdle standing before the inaugural launch of its Starship rocket — the most powerful rocket ever constructed.The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, announced Friday that it granted the company's request for…
The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now.Originally released in 2019, the unprecedented historic image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 captured an essentially invisible celestial object…
The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its record-breaking 50th flight on Thursday, a few days shy of the second anniversary of its first aerial journey.Ingenuity flew for the first time on…
It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a paper airplane!The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane has been broken by three aerospace engineers with a paper aircraft that flew a grand total of 289 feet, 9 inches…
The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons.The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, launched Friday at 8:14 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's…
The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons.The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, was expected to lift off Thursday at 8:15 a.m. ET aboard…
The James Webb Space Telescope has spied colorful, never-before-seen details in one of the most well-observed remnants of an exploded star.The glowing gas and dust of Cassiopeia A is all that remains of a star that exploded in a supernova,…
Scientists have discovered direct evidence that people in Europe used psychoactive drugs during the Bronze Age, possibly as part of ancient rituals.Traces of alkaloid substances that originate in plants and are known to affect perception and cause delirium and euphoria…
The Italian Coast Guard is leading rescue efforts to save at least 400 migrants adrift on a boat in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta, along an immigration route that NGOs have warned is perilously dangerous.Three rescue operations involving…
Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, has died aged 103.Ferencz fought in Europe during the Second World War and helped liberate several concentration camps before turning to the courtroom.At 27, he was named Chief Prosecutor for…
